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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is love described as pain, when singing "Wade in the Water"?
(a) Having to take a bath when you would rather still be out playing.
(b) Loving one's first swim lessons.
(c) Feeling the pain of those who were forced to wade in the water.
(d) Allowing one to feel what it was to run away, being chased by dogs and guns, and so many not surviving the escape.

2. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?
(a) Children.
(b) Straight up thugs.
(c) Grandparents.
(d) Her friends.

3. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" says in Stanza 1 it is terrible belonging to this woman. Why?
(a) This woman forces them to work in the fields.
(b) This woman is abusive and does not care for anyone but herself.
(c) Their owners cannot be trusts, because they have the power to destroy the whole family.
(d) Their owners will not sell them to others.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” how much money did a man say he raised to free himself and his wife?
(a) $10,000.
(b) $2,000.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $200.

5. The speaker of "The Greatest Personal Privation" says they do not want those who are descendants of the people sold as property to know their history. Why?
(a) It is for their own good.
(b) Slavery is a lie and never happened.
(c) They do not want anyone else to know their sins.
(d) They are not smart enough to understand.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Hill Country," the speaker describes someone as he travels where?

2. What is the reason Mary gives for why it would not be in the best interest of the slaves to be set free?

3. After the Civil War, for what did many Black soldiers struggle to receive from the U.S. government?

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” why does a wife ask her husband to send for her?

5. How does "Ghazal" end?

(see the answer key)

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